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From: seltzer@lebeef.DEC
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Help! My VCR has gone into Orbit!
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Date: Thu, 4-Apr-85 15:00:30 EST
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I also have been having trouble with playback from a VCR -- getting random
"comets".  I have a Sears Beta VCR.  The problem appears to be one of inter-
ference.  I have an Atari 800 hooked up to the same TV.  And by jiggling the
wires in the back and turning the VCR on and off I sometimes, but not always,
can get rid of it.  The same problem appears when I move the VCR to another
TV that has a cable hookup.  Any clues as to how to avoid the problem
all together would be greatly appreciated.

also, I've found that a number of tapes I recorded about a year or so
ago have deteriorated -- giving wild fluctuations at the top of the screen.
Does anyone know what causes that?  What can be done to correct or prevent it?

Thanks.

Best wishes.

Richard Seltzer

Digital Equipment
Concord, MA
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